Canada's Olympic team announcement might take longer than the Games

Canada’s Olympic team announcement might take longer than the Games

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Dec. 30, 2009 9:26 AM PT

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They’re dragging this out for TV purposes, so here is the first part of the Canadian Olympic roster:

No surprises here: The three goaltenders will be New Jersey’s Martin Brodeur, Pittsburgh’s Marc-Andre Fleury and Vancouver’s Roberto Luongo.

The announcement is being made in Saskatoon, site of the world junior championships, but it’s being televised and live streamed across Canada.

More later at www.latimes.com/sports

-- Helene Elliott in Calgary, Canada

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.